Plaque with a Winged Goddess and Two Attendants

Patravahaka yaksha, ca. 50 BCE

Goddess who bestows riches, probably Sri Lakshmi, 1st century BCE

Disk Stone with a Four-Part Tracery Design of Palmettes, 1st century BCE

Auspicious Emblem with Four Dancing Figures, 1st century BCE

Two Lotuses, from the Bharhut Stupa, ca. 1st century BCE

Plaque with a Dancer and a Vina Player, 1st century BCE

Female Worshipper in Front of a Column Support, 1st century BCE–early 1st century CE

Plaque with the Goddess Durga Standing on a Lotus, 1st century BCE

Rembrandt van Rijn

Bellona, 1633

Metropolitan Museum of Art

John Singer Sargent

Astarte, ca. 1890–95

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

The Chariot of Aurora, 1760s

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Hans von Aachen

Venus mit Amor, Ceres und Bacchus (Sine Cerere et Baccho friget Venus), 1572–1615

Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum

Bartholomeus Spranger

Venus mit Amor, Merkur und Putten, 1566–1611

Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum

Bartholomeus Spranger

Venus und Amor, 1566–1611

Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum

Abraham Bloemaert

Venus an der Leiche des Adonis

Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum

Abraham Bloemaert

[Juno], 1610–1615

Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum